I pulled another magazine out of my utility belt, and loaded it into my weapon. I began to crawl through the dense brush and muddy water. We were somewhere in South America, and my unit had suffered heavy casualties. We had orders to evacuate the area. There was word that the place was getting nuked. My clothes were filthy and my face was dirty. I reached for my water canteen and began to take a …showed first 75 words of 1522 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1522 total…The shots and voices around me began to cease. It was quiet now, and as I watched the sun set. Everything started to become blurry, and tears ran down the side of my face. I couldn’t feel my body any more, and there was no more pain. The wind blew softly in my face as the last tip of the evening sun faded slowly away into the distance. And everything went black ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**